Alanna Loucks Since 1959, many scholars have written biographies about the life of Marie-Marguerite Dufrost de Lajemmerais (d’Youville), who was canonized in 1990 to become the first native-born Canadian to be declared a saint. However, the majority of these studies very briefly examine her early and married life, before she founded the Sisters of Charity… Continue Reading
In the past year, archives and libraries have closed (either permanently or periodically), non-essential international travel has been heavily discouraged or impossible, and anyone who can has been encouraged to work from home. In these circumstances, historians have had to adapt how they do research, perhaps relying more heavily on digital methods or developing more… Continue Reading
Lauraly Deschambault et Gregory Kennedy Dans le cadre du projet de partenariat, Service militaire, citoyenneté et culture politique au Canada atlantique, 1700-2000, nous menons une étude sur la contribution des miliciens acadiens et canadiens à la Guerre de Sept ans en Nouvelle-France. L’historiographie portant sur cette guerre continue à mettre l’accent sur le débat stratégique… Continue Reading
Hilary Doda This post begins an occasional series on Material Histories. Using artifacts as a lens, frameworks from archaeology and other fields of material history can be extremely helpful for historians seeking to incorporate different, often non-literate, voices into their understanding of past societies. ~ Editors A small green glass jewel in a plated metal… Continue Reading
Ollivier Hubert and François Furstenberg, eds., Entangling the Quebec Act: Transnational Contexts, Meanings, and Legacies in North America and the British Empire (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2020). Adam Nadeau In Entangling the Quebec Act: Transnational Contexts, Meanings, and Legacies in North America and the British Empire, editors Ollivier Hubert and François Furstenberg present… Continue Reading
Katie Barclay Eric H. Reiter, Wounded Feelings: Litigating Emotions in Quebec, 1870-1950 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press for the Osgood Society for Canadian Legal History, 2019), pp. 482 + xiii. This week as I write this (much delayed – sorry editor) post, my university is running its consultation with staff about improving workplace culture about… Continue Reading
Dan Horner On the night of April 25, 1849, a riled-up crowd of protesters showered Montreal’s parliament building with rocks, stormed through its front doors, and set the building—a repurposed public market in the city’s west-end—on fire. In many ways, the Rebellion Losses Riot stemmed from the same sense of grievance that shaped the unrest… Continue Reading
CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS June 24-25, 2021 Sponsored by the Canadian Historical Association (CHA) @PMTC2021 #PandemicMethodologies In the past year, archives and libraries have closed (either permanently or periodically), non-essential international travel has been heavily discouraged or impossible, and anyone who can has been encouraged to work from home. In these circumstances, historians have had to… Continue Reading
APPEL À PARTICIPATION Les 24-25 juin 2021 Parrainée par la Société historique du Canada (SHC) @PMTC2021 #PandemicMethodologies Au cours de l’année écoulée, les archives et les bibliothèques ont fermé (de façon permanente ou périodiquement), les voyages internationaux non essentiels ont été fortement découragés, voire impossibles, et tous ceux qui le pouvaient ont été encouragés à… Continue Reading
Arnaud Montreuil Peut-il être intéressant pour les historiens de la Nouvelle-France et du Early Canada de comparer la société néofrançaise à la société médiévale ? Dans le billet précédent, j’ai avancé que cela pouvait être le cas, et que cette avenue méritait d’être explorée. Mais attention : il ne s’agit pas d’utiliser cette comparaison pour diminuer… Continue Reading
